2018年CRI Environmental cleanup in Gannan region benefit local people

 

The Gannan Tibetan Autonomous¹ Prefecture in southwestern Gansu province is the location of major tributaries² of both the Yellow and Yangtze rivers.

In recent years, local governments have been working to restore the local environment to protect the health of China's two biggest rivers.

Bordering Qinghai and Sichuan provinces in southwest China, the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture is home to vast grasslands³, lush forests, and beautiful waterways.

Over half of the people living in the area are Tibetan.

It was not that many years ago that the region was economically backward, with its cities and towns badly polluted, and garbage a common sight along the roadside.

Tang Foyu is a resident of Da Shaoma, a village in Hezuo city, which is the capital of Gannan prefecture.

"It was quite dirty here. We used to raise pigs at home. There was no clear division between the pigsty⁴ and our house."

Starting in March 2015, local governments started a campaign to clean up the towns and cities in Gannan, vowing⁵ to clean the trash from the environment.

Huang Yamei works at a local community office in Hezuo City, the administrative⁶ seat of the prefecture.

She says the clean-up works in Da Shaoma village included road construction, separating the areas where animals live from the residential⁷ areas, and repairing the houses of the local villagers. To maintain the momentum⁸ of the campaign, the local officials praise the families who maintain the cleanest houses.

"In the beginning, local officials came to the village to do the cleaning. But after a while, local people started to clean the area on their own."

So far, Gannan government has spent around 19 million U.S. dollars in the clean-up effort. Officials are working to ensure that every part of the region is brought under their supervision⁹.

Tashi Tsering, head of the Gannan Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau, says the clean-up has helped to improve the lives of the local people.

"The clean-up has changed people's ideas, their habits, and their standard of living, and their pursuit for a better, healthier life. People now have the desire to improve their lives."

Local authorities have announced the 4.5 million hectares of mountains, grasslands and water areas in the prefecture have been totally free of trash.

1 autonomous   

adj.自治的；独立的

参考例句：

• They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province.他们自豪地宣布成为新自治省的一部分。
• This is a matter that comes within the jurisdiction of the autonomous region.这件事是属于自治区权限以内的事务。

2 tributaries   

n. 支流

参考例句：

• In such areas small tributaries or gullies will not show. 在这些地区，小的支流和冲沟显示不出来。
• These tributaries are subsequent streams which erode strike valley. 这些支流系即为蚀出走向谷的次生河。

3 grasslands   

n.草原，牧场( grassland的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Songs were heard ringing loud and clear over the grasslands. 草原上扬起清亮激越的歌声。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Grasslands have been broken and planted to wheat. 草原已经开垦出来，种上了小麦。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 pigsty   

n.猪圈，脏房间

参考例句：

• How can you live in this pigsty?你怎能这住在这样肮脏的屋里呢？
• We need to build a new pigsty for the pigs.我们需修建一个新猪圈。

5 vowing   

起誓，发誓（vow的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild its collapsed bridge. 布什总统承诺将帮助明尼阿波利斯重建坍塌的大桥。
• President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild this collapse bridge. 布什总统发誓要帮助明尼阿波利斯重建起这座坍塌的桥梁。

6 administrative   

adj.行政的，管理的

参考例句：

• The administrative burden must be lifted from local government.必须解除地方政府的行政负担。
• He regarded all these administrative details as beneath his notice.他认为行政管理上的这些琐事都不值一顾。

7 residential   

adj.提供住宿的；居住的；住宅的

参考例句：

• The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
• The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。

8 momentum   

n.动力，冲力，势头；动量

参考例句：

• We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
• The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。

9 supervision   

n.监督，管理

参考例句：

• The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
• The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。